#55BECD#55BECD

#55BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BECD
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -25.83, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 30.74, 212.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0869 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.098 208)
XYZ	xyz(33.1747, 43.1627, 64.3287)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BECD #CD6455

analogous

#55CDA0 #55BECD #5582CD

triadic

#55BECD #CD55BE #BECD55

tetradic

#55BECD #A055CD #CD6455 #82CD55

square

#55BECD #A055CD #CD6455 #82CD55

split-complementary

#55BECD #CD5582 #CDA055

monochromatic

#267682 #34A1B1 #55BECD #84D0DB #B4E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#55BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BECD

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BECD	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2dc',
    500: '#55becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55becd;
$custom-light: #90d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.43166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BECD

secondary

#D7ADA6

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BECD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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